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58 Carnival

May be part of Promenade (31), Night Life (33).

Conflict

Just as an individual person dreams fantastic dreams fantastic happenings to release the inner forces which cannot be encompassed by ordinary events, so too a city needs its dreams.

Resolution

Set aside some part of the town as a carnival- mad side-shows, tournaments, acts, displays, competitions, dancing, music, street theatre, clowns, transvestites, freak events, which allow people to reveal their madness; weave a wide pedestrian street through this area; run booths along the street, narrow alleys; at one end an outdoor theatre; perhaps connect the theatre stage directly to the carnival street, so the two spill into and feed one another.

May contain Small Public Squares (61), Dancing in the Street (63), Public Outdoor Room (69), Food Stands (93), Pedestrian Street (100).